IFCO launches Sustainability Certificate for Retailers / Reinforces sustainability credentials of European and North American retailers

Pullach (ots) - IFCO, leading global provider of reusable
packaging solutions for fresh foods, announced that it is
inaugurating a sustainability certification initiative for its
retailer customers in Europe and North America. IFCO is amongst the
most sustainable logistics companies worldwide. Therefore, retailers
awarded with IFCO's sustainability certificate will benefit from
credible proof of their commitment to environmental protection and
sustainability.

IFCO is constantly monitoring the environmental benefits generated
by its logistics concept, the IFCO SmartCycleTM, which is based on
the principle of "share and reuse". All IFCO RPCs are reused over 50
times during their lifetime, and at every cycle are put through a
rigorous cleaning and inspection process before being delivered for
the next cycle. Damaged RPCs that cannot be repaired are 100%
recycled and used for the production of new IFCO RPCs.

Several studies have proven that the use of RPCs has a meaningful
contribution to the environment by leading to savings in terms of CO2
(up to 60%), energy (64%), water (80%), solid waste (up to 86%), and
food product damage (up to 96%), when compared with single-use
packaging.

In Europe and North America, IFCO business enabled the following
savings in 2017:

- 460,000 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 241,000 fewer cars per year
- 8 million cubic meters of water, equivalent to over 188 million
five-minute showers
- 29,500 terajoules of electricity, enough to power 15 million light
bulbs for a year
- 237,000 tonnes of solid waste, equivalent to the trash produced by
171 million individuals per day
- 42,200 tonnes of food product waste, equivalent to 70 million meals

Find the complete text here: ftp://presse.hbi.de/pub/IFCO/Sustainabil
ity_Certificate/IFCO_Sustainability-Certificate.pdf

Find images here: ftp://presse.hbi.de/pub/IFCO/Sustainability_Cert
ificate/IFCO_Environmental_Benefits.jpg

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